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Gabriella Tem (left) and Mike Stacey reherse the Art Streefs Production of 3-D Camival Jam in the Tramway Building Aug. 10.
African Am~can Studies reaches beyond Metro By Sean Weaver
also a reminder to the strength of the human spirit. a footnote. We can't infuse unles.s we master facts about "I saw tangible examples of change in South Africa, black history and culture." White said he feels courses in African American Last year a Metro professor found himself in a South but needles.s to say, you can't wave a magic wand for African pri.5on cell. The cell had no window, a concrete change," he said. "Customs and traditions die hard." Studies can benefit any student regardles.s of hi.5 or her floor, no bed and a bucket for a toilet. White said talking with younger people in South Africa major. • For two decades, anti-apartheid activist and former made him optimistic for the future of the country. "You can't be responsive to your clientele unless you South African President Nelson Mandela occupied the "Many young whites indicated apartheid was all master the facts of history and cultures of different cell. Today, guides have replaced guards and the pri.5on, wrong," he said. "I'm a firm believer that the seed of groups," he said. located on Robben Island approximately four miles from change can be found in the young." White said Metro's African American Studies White, who has taught at Metro for IS years, has travDepartment not only serves students, but the communiCape Town, is a museum. The museum was one of many sites professor C. ]. White, chairman of Metro's African eled to several counties in Africa, including Egypt, ty as well. "We serve as a resource for community organizations American Studies Department, visited during his two- Morocco, Kenya, Ghana and Tam.ania. White has also traveled through the Caribbean to such as public schools, the Black American West week trip to South Africa. "I consider my travel experience invaluable to study African influences in countries such as the Museum and the Urban League," he said. White said the African American Studies," White said. "I try to bring the Dominican Republic and Haiti. department "adopted" the Choices, Challenges and experiences to the classroom." ''To fully understand the American experience, we Images Academy in Aroura. The department provides "(VtSiting Mandela's jail cell) was a very, very moving must understand the black experience," White said. "I supplies, mentors and tutors for the pre-school through experience," White said. '1t added to my admiration of think African American studies adds the missing pages to high school students at the academy. "It is a very diverse school," he said. Nelson Mandela. It was a reminder to the character and the American experience. Those missing pages should . quality of the man, because he came out whole. It was be infused into the American experience instead ofbeing
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Good advice
By Lisa Ann Opsahl The MetrojjO/itan
ture series, focuses on diversity issues. How would you like to spend an •The Distinguished Lecture Series afternoon with Jesse Jackson or Jacki brings nationally recognized speakers to Joyner Kersy? campus. Some of the more famous speakMetro has more to offer students ers include Oliver North, Gloria Steinem than just classroom lectures. and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Metro can be a lonely place if you Along with education outside of the only come here for classes. classroom Students Activities helps stu"If you spend most of your time in dents get involved with Metro's many the parking lot, you're not getting the clubs and organizations. Joining a club most out of Metro," said Kari Tutwiler, can make socializing and making friends associate director of Student Activities. easier, according to Student Organization Every day, Student Activities helps Coordinator, Brendan Haymaker. students get involved with Metro beyond "When you join a club, there's a rhe classroom. The office can match stu- sense of belonging,". Haymaker said. dents with one of the more than 100 "! didn't get involved with any clubs clubs or one of the many weekly campus until my sophomore year, and I feel like I events offered by Student Activities. missed out on a lot my freshman year Student Activities is segmenced into because of it," he said. four areas. Metro COOL (Campus Outreach and Programming organizes events for Opportuniries for Learning) matches stustudents to continue learning outside of dents with community service programs the classroom. in Denver and around the world. Metro •Towering Issues of Tcxlay, a weekly COOL sent students to Cosca Rica to build debate and lecture series, brings profes- nature trails through the cloudforest. sors and professionals to campus to disStudent Leadership and cuss a variety of topics. Topics from last Development has several workshops for year included Viagra - Consequences of new and continuing students. FDA Approval and Ethics of Human "We like to introduce new students to Cloning. Speakers encourage students to all the resources and avenues for involveask questions and lead discussions at the ment at Metro," Tutwiler said about her sessions. leadership programs .. RAP Sessions, a discussion and lee-
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Student Activities sponsors Fall Fest, a welcoming party for new and returning Metro students. This year, Fall Fest will be held on Sept. 1and 2at the flagpole in the center of Campus. "We have food vendors, crafts and live music,'! said Julie Rodriguez, director of Student Activities. Brethen Fast, a local band, will play at the festival and a DJ will slam out tunes when the bands take a break. Other bands will play at the fest, too. All three campuses participate in Fall Fest. '/\II three schools are welcome to
Stop the Hate
join the fun," Rodriguez said. Stop the Hate is the brainchild of student Brendan Haymaker, student organization coordinator. Stop the Hate is a student organization created to raise awareness about hate and violence. Students are welcome to join the organization at anytime. Nov. 8 to Nov. 11 Stop the Hate will hold several events. Nov. 8, Morris Dees, executive director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is a civil rights activist and an attorney who pursues "hate groups" such as the KKK and NeoNazis. He will speak at the Tivoli Turnhalle at 1 p.m.
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Advisor, Dave Cisneros, helps incoming freshman, Brian Hibbard, find potential classes to take during the fall semester Aug. 11.
Do you know
these MSCD Grads? MSCD graduates are everywhere ... ·- check out these Colorado V.l.P.'s!
O Larry D. Strutton 1971, Management
O Raymond E. Barnes
Publisher/CEO Rocky Mountain News
Fire Chief, City of Aurora
O Gerald Mercer 1970, Aerospace
O Malcolm Farley 1981, Art
AirNet Systems, Inc.
Nationally-recognized Sports Artist
O Tom Sanchez 1972, Criminal justice
O Gloria Travis-Tanner 1974, Psychology
Chief, Denver Police Department
Colorado State Senator
o Peter Boyles 1973, History
O Charles C. Van Gundy 1979, Accounting
Talk Show Host
President/CFO U.S. Pawn Inc.
O Joseph R. Rice 1989, History
o Michael Seeley
Mayor of Glendale
CFO, Sullivan Hayes Company
o Stephen R.
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1970, Aerospace
1972,Math
1977, History
O Gary L. Maas 1975, Criminal justice
Judge, Arapahoe County Court
Chief of Police, City of Littleton
O John P. Stone 1979 Criminal justice
o Edna Mosley
Former Jefferson County Commissioner Jefferson County Sheriff
Councilwoman, City of Aurora
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DAILY-FEE LOTS • NO IN AND OUT PARKING ALLOWED (expected in Loi E: see attendant for details). • Place the parlling receipt face-up on the dashtfoard, so the number and the date stamp are visible from outside the vehicle. • Display'only the receipt purchased for the current day. • II the lot is U11allended, use quarters or bills ($1 or $5 only) in the machine. • Campus ID is required to park in Lot R. • . Report machine malfunctions immediately to Parlling Services, (303) 556-2000, to avoid being ticketed. • Carpool rates are available in Lot E($1.75), and Lots H and R($3.00). Two or more persons for driving age must be in the vehicle to be eligible for the carpool rate. • Faculty/Staff business-related in-and-out pass is available: please contact Parking Services at (303) 556-2000 for more information.
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PERMIT LOTS AFTER 5:00 P.M. Quarters or dollars accepted. • Reseived for permit holders only prior to 5:00 p.m. Alter 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends, daily-lee rates apply. A night only permit is available for Lot M. *EXCEPTION: Lot EA may be used alter 5:00 p.m. by paying daily lee to parking attendant.
LOT M NIGHT PERMIT Q Permit available for parking after 4 p.m. This permit can be customized for any day of the week ~with
a two-day minimum purchase. A great deal for night students coming to class from work.
£Z STREET PASS
In Lots A & 8, the EZ Street pass allows in-and-out privileges and can be prepaid for the semester in cash or by a monthly charge to your credit card. With the pass, you may park in either Lot A or B. The pass is valid only in A & B, and in-and-out parking is subject to availability.
VISTOR PARKING
Located at Ninth Street and the Auraria Parkway directly in front of the Tivoli Student Union. The rate is $1.25 per half hour with a $10.00 maximum. Alternate rate structure may apply for designated special events.
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Aspecial AHEC permit is required in disabled-accessible permit areas. A state handicap placard, handicap license plate, or disabled veteran license placard is required for daily fee, metered, or hourly disabled-accessible spaces. Disabled accessible meters have a maximum time limit of four hours at a rate of $1.00 per hour. There is no free parking at meters with handicap placards or plates.
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or daily lot, and pay the daily or hourly fee. •Loading zoqes on campus are for the Where can you grt gas, a jump start, a flat active loading and un-loading of passengers, and tire fixed and a trustworthy person to accompa- time limits are strictly enforced. •The Regional Transportation District has ny you to your vehicle at night? At the Auraria special rates for students. A student identificaParking and Transportation Services! All of these services, and more, are free to all tion card with a current semester sticker will give students, faculty and staff. students free local Denver bus service and Light •The NightRider service offers escorts for Rail service. students, faculty and staff members from any With a valid Student ID, students will also classroom on campus to any Auraria parking lot receive a discounted price of 75 cents for the and back again at no charge. expres.s routes and $1.75 for the regional routes. "The NightRider service has been in effect For more information on the services provided for more than a decade," said Mark Gallagher, by RTD, you can call (303) 299-6000. director of Auraria Parking .and •For those who chose to Transporta tion r-----. ride their bikes to Services. school, there are 11 Students, faculbike racks around ty and staff can call 0 Park only in designated campus. in on any week day parking spaces. "The best thing and request a night o Parking rates are in effect Mondao for bikes are to hook escort or call and through Saturday, 24 hours a up bikes on campus arrange a regular o Time limits are strictly enfroced dUe and to use a Upick up for an entire to the high demand for parking. • shaped lock," said semester, Gallagher ~111999.spring 2000 Parking Guide Andrew Liska, techsaid. ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - nician for the This service is available during the fall and Campus Police and Security. · spring semesters from sundown to 10 p.m. Liska said the best kind of lock to use on Monday through Thursday by calling (303) 556- your bike is <\ U-shaped lock instead of a chain, 2000, and at all other times by calling campus or cable lock. police and security at (303) 556-3271. "Bike racks closest to the core of the campus •If you run into car trouble such as a dead are the safest," said Liska. The Auraria parking battery, the Motorist Assistance Program will lots and bike racks are patrolled 24 hours a day, provide you with a jump srart. Liska said. "We help change a tire, we have Fix-a-Flat, "Guards will especially watch during the we can loan a tool, gas and water at no charge," high peak times, such as warm weather seasons, Gallagher said. These services are free of charge like the beginning of school in the fall," Liska by calling (303) 556-2000. said. •The Pepsi Center will act as an overflow No bike ride zones are enforced, he said. parking lot for students, faculty and staff. From 7 "Students can be cited and their bikes can be a.m. to 4 p.m. parking at the Pepsi Center will be impounded," Liska said. "Bikes cari also be a flat rate of $3.25. Pre-paid permits will be avail- impounded when bikes are attached to anything able for the Pepsi Center through Parking but a designated bike rack." Services. Guards will attach a second lock, covered in "Students, faculty and staff must leave the rubber,.ar:ound the bike and leave a note dctailPepsi Center by 4 p.m., and times might change ing what has happened and what number they on certain days due to events," Gallagher said. need to call to release their bike from impound, The Pepsi Center might have cars already Liska said. parked in the lot leave and then re-enter the lot •Parking permits are available for lots M, L, if they plan on staying to attend an event, I, and EA. Parking permits give card holders in Gallagher said. and out privileges in the designated permit lots. •The Handivan is another escort service for Permits are renewable each semester for current those parking customers with a disability, pro- permit holders and the remaining permits go on vided by Parking Services. Customers with a dis- sale Aug. 16, at 7:30 a.m., in the Parking Services ability will be able to acces.s this service by calling office. Night permits are available for those who (303) 556-2000, Monday through Thursday from are on campus at night in Lot M. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and on Fridays from 7 a.m. to •The Hip Hop Shuttle is a new service 5 p.m. which will begin on the first day of class and will A special Auraria Higher Education Center provide a Shuttle ride to campus, for those who permit is needed for all parking customers who park in the Mile High Lot Nand pay the U.75 lot wish to park in all disabled parking spaces on charge. campus. The Shuttle will rake customers from Lot N, A state handicap hang-tag, license plate, or to the Auraria Campus and back again. The disabled veteran license plate is required in all Auraria Parking and Transportation Services will handicap spaces, including daily fee lots, also sell a pre-paid, three and five day Shuttle metered and hourly spaces. However, this does pass. not permit anyone to park for free in any of the The Shuttle will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. metered or parking lot spaces. Monday through Thursday, and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. •Visitors and vendors must park in a visitor on Friday. The Metroj)O/itan
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most used, said Tony Price, assistant director of CRA and coordinator of the Drop-In program. The Drop-In program gives students the opportunity to come So with the way your schedule turned out you've got a long in to workout or play whenever it is convenient. two-hour break between c!d:>3e5. What are going to do with all that "Drop-In is synonymous with informal sports," Price said. free time, srudv' ~;ot this early in the semester. How about a little "People just want to come in and check out equipment and play ./one-0n-0ne instead? basketball, go swimming, or workout in the weight room." r0nooting hoops, lifting weights and swimming cost less than a lifting weights, swimming, playing basketball and volleyball are a at the campus recreation center. Yet few students take advan- all virtually free with a valid student ID. If you forgot your towel or ge of the facilities. basketball, it will cost you 50 cents to rent one. ·~ut 20 percent of the campus uses it," said Ann McKelvey, Todd Hylton, a Metro psychology major, takes advantage of the director of Campus Recreation at Auraria. ·~ut 50 percent of Drop-In program regularly. He can be found in the rec. center those are Metro students." about four times a week. Metro students help pay for CRA, "I come here, one, to play ball and which is one of the 17 programs two, to workout and lift weights," included in the Student Affairs fee, Hylton said. The Drop-In Program includes said Karen Raforth, interim as.50Ciate Hylton and his friends like to use vice president of Student Services and 0 Basketball courts 0 Indoor pool the rec. center not only because it's 0 Racquetball courti dean of Student Life. This &cal year 0 Aerobics free, but it's convenient too. 0 Weight room 0 Dance Studio $257,000 of Metro student fees has "You don't want to leave campus if been allocated to the program, you have a two hour break," said Joe Raforth said. Cao, a Metro computer science major who plays basketball at the CRA also receives money from the University of Colorado at rec. center with Hylton. Denver and the Community College of Denver. About 80 percent of Along with the unstructured workouts and sports, aerobics the funds CRA receives from the three schools pay salaries of classes are offered through the Drop-In program. Each class has a employees, McKelvey said. The rest of the funds pay for publicity of specific start time and is 50 minutes long, Price said. Avariety of upcoming CRA events and programs and new equipment. classes are offered including step and water aerobics. The fitness center and the cardiovascular equipment are the > see RECREATION, p.6 The MetrojjO/itan
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Front Desk - Rm. 108 Dance Studio Resv. Racquetball Resv. Physically Challenged Outdoor Adventure lntramurals Club Sports
Aerobics/Step Morning· Workouts MW . 7-7:50a Julie - Step It Up
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Lunch Hour Workouts Weight Room(RM. 212) MW 12-12:50p Sarah - Step It Up MWF 7-7:50a, 12-12:50p, 6-8:50p 12-12:40p Suz- Pump 'N' Tone TR 7-7:50a, 11a-1:50p, 6:30-8:50p 12:40-1p - Super Abs 9a-3:50p TR 12:30-1 :20p Leanne - Step It Up Pool (RM. 102) 12:30-1 :20p Tiffany - Kick, Box, & Abs MW 7-8:50a, 12-12:50p, 5:30-7:50p F 12-12:50p Tiffany- Step, Tone, & TR 7-8:50a, 12:30-1 :50p, 5:30-7:50p Cardio Fun F 7-8:50a, 12-12:50p Evening Workouts (Aux Gym) s 10a-12:50p, 12-12:50p (family swim) MW - 5:30-6:30p Miriam - Pump 'N' Tone Racquetball/Squash 5:30-6:30p Jody/Tanya - Step, Tone, & TR Courts (RM. 111) Cardio Fun MW 7a-12:50p, 2-8:50p
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The aerobics classes are free to students and are usually packed during the lunch hour, providing a great way to meet new people, Price said. "Students can develop new friendships and be exposed to new activities," he said. Or you could just drop-in for a game of oneon-one with your friends during that break between classes.
SUPPORT SERVICES addresses issues concerning coming out, AIDS, relationships, homophobia, etc. for GLBT students, friends and families
ADVOCACY supports GLBT students in discrimination and harrassment situations and works to improve the advocacy system on campus
RESOURCE
The Drop-In program isn't the only thing that CRA has to offer to Metro students. CRA sponsors five other recreational programs.
CENTER INTRAMURAL SPORTS
provides information related to GLBT issues to students, faculty and staff
SPEAKER'S
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PROGRAM & RENTAL CENTER
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Intramural Sports is a structured program in which teams are formed to compete against each other. This fall there will be flag football, volleyball, racquetball, and other intramural sports. Wins and lo.sses are recorded in this competitive program.
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CLUB SPORTS
PROGRAMMING offers GLBT Awareness Month, Safe Zone Project, welcome receptions, leadership training, panels, speakers and entertainment
Club Sports provide the opportunity to learn or compete in different sports that are not offered through intramural sports. The variety of clubs include rugby, lacro.sse, skiing and more.
Hiking, rock climbing and mountain biking trips are just a few of the options the Outdoor Adventure Program has to offer. CRA plans trips for students or students can rent equipment and create their owr. ~rlventure. The rental center rents everything from roill!rblades and snowshoes to tents and kayaks. PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED PROGRAM
This program provides guidance to any sti.; dent who needs help using the campus rec. facilities. Personal training and recreational outings, including horseback riding and skiing, are part of the Physically Challenged Program. HEALTHY LIFESTYLES
An expansion of the Drop-In program, Healthy Lifestyles is a program aimed at making fitness a life Jong commitment. The program offers a variety of recreational activities and clinics about healthy living.
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Student Government Assembly members attend meetings and act as the voice of the student community. President, Jennifer Darnell, said SGA mem-
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bees attend committee meetings, legislative sessions, panel meetings and keep in close contact with faculty members, so they know what students want. If the legislature proposes a bill that might make college life more difficult, student government lobbies to remove that proposal, Darnell
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ual student who might have a problem or an idea concerning Metro. "We try to help students connect with the proper channels and advise them as best we can," Darnell said. Sept. 9 SGA will have a gathering for students to meet their student government representatives.
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Financial Planning Educational Travel Funding Individual Budgeting Sessions Emergency Student Loans
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Student Legal Services Tivoli 311 (303) 556-6061 http://elem.nMcd.edu/-legal
Student Finance Resource Center Tivoli 262 (303) 556-4435 http://www.mJcd.edu/JtudentlruoureeJ/Jjre
Student Publications Tivoli 313 (303) 556-8361 http://clem.nwcd.edu/-themet
• Publications for and by Students • The 111etropolitan Student Ne-.Nspaper (also Online) • Metrosphere Student Literary and Arts Magazine
Excellent job opportunities exist in all areas of Student Life. These convenient jobs provide flexible work hours in a supportive work environment. Contact the specific department listed above for further information.
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